#320 – AN EASY WAY TO REDUCE COVID RISK – ALLEN TAYLOR

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There are several things you can do, that will reduce your risk of contracting COVID-19. You could:

  1. Stay at home, alone, until the pandemic is over, having all your sterilized food and other sterilized necessary items brought to you by sterilized robots. This would be effective, but it is not super practical.
  2. Wear a mask and maintain social distancing, wherever you might encounter another person. This is more tolerable than option 1. However, it is annoying and is probably not something that people can keep doing for any length of time.
  3. Get vaccinated. You definitely want to do this as soon as you can, but it is not a 100% guarantee that you will not be infected.

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#319 – HOW ONE PERSON CAN CHANGE A RELIABILITY CULTURE – FRED SCHENKELBERG

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Nicholas W. Eyrich, Robert E. Quinn, and David P. Fessell published in the Harvard Business Review an article titled “How One Person Can Change the Conscience of an Organization”, dated December 27, 2019. In the article, they discuss how corporate transformations, while assumed to occur from the top-down, actually it is the middle managers and first-line supervisor that can make significant change happen. Continue reading

#319 – STRATEGY FOCUSED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IMPROVES PERFORMANCE – PATRICK OW

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Organisations use different management systems to provide the required foundation to direct and control their activities to achieve their objectives.

When the organisational structure is complex, the organisation needs to develop a robust, practical, yet simplified, integrated management system. This strategy-focused integrated management system will fully integrate all relevant management practices and common touchpoints of the business into one coherent and synchronised management system. In doing so, it enables and drives the achievement of its corporate strategy and improve or drives performance. Continue reading

#319 – PAUL GLADIEUX – FUTURE OF WORK: QUALITY – INTERVIEWED BY JAMES KLINE PH.D.

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Paul Gladieux has over 45 years of experience working in the quality profession. In 1991, he founded Global Quality Management Advisors (GQM Advisors). The group provides services focused on management system design, development, compliance, assessments, and certification in a wide range of sectors.  Energy sector companies include: NuScale Power LLC, BWX Technologies, Westinghouse Nuclear AP1000 Program, Terra Power LLC, U.S. Department of Energy, and Alyeska Pipeline Service Company. Continue reading